The <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dunaliella salina</Emphasis> organelle genomes: large sequences,inflated with intronic and intergenic DNA |
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| Authors: | David Roy Smith Robert W Lee John C Cushman Jon K Magnuson Duc Tran Jürgen EW Polle |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4J1, Canada;(2) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MS200, 311B Fleischmann Agriculture, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0014, USA;(3) Chemical and Biological Process Development, Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA;(4) Department of Biology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Ave, 200 NE, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA |
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| Abstract: | Background
Dunaliella salina Teodoresco, a unicellular, halophilic green alga belonging to the Chlorophyceae, is among the most industrially important
microalgae. This is because D. salina can produce massive amounts of β-carotene, which can be collected for commercial purposes, and because of its potential as
a feedstock for biofuels production. Although the biochemistry and physiology of D. salina have been studied in great detail, virtually nothing is known about the genomes it carries, especially those within its mitochondrion
and plastid. This study presents the complete mitochondrial and plastid genome sequences of D. salina and compares them with those of the model green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Volvox carteri. |
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